POTS, HOUSES AND METAL: TECHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS AT THE BRONZE AGE TELL AT SZÁZHALOMBATTA, HUNGARY

Summary.   At the Bronze Age tell of Százhalombatta, Hungary, techniques used for making pottery echo those used in other media. Pottery and architecture have a close relationship. Not only were both made of clay, but methods of making pots echo those used for building. Similarly, pottery and metalwork share common themes and technologies for working with clay and bronze. Since choices made by potters are not solely confined to the environment, raw materials and tools, but are also socially and culturally defined, by implication the transfer of know-how must be situated within social networks between people. This paper considers how the identification of technical relationships between different media at Százhalombatta can be used to explore social relations in Bronze Age society, thereby suggesting relationships that work on both technical and social levels.     

THE DETERMINANTS OF 1963–77 REGIONAL MANUFACTURING GROWTH: WHY THE SOUTH AND WEST GROW*

ABSTRACT. This paper analyzes 1963–77 manufacturing employment growth in the 48 contiguous states. Six factors jointly explain 96 percent of the variance. Markets explains 55 percent; climate, 15 percent; a rural state attraction, 11 percent; unionization, 6 percent; thresholds, 5 percent; and amenities, 4 percent. Resources, taxes, and business climate lack significance. Sunbelt-Frostbelt is a false dichotomy: the Northwest grew as fast as the South. The real contrast–largely caused by markets–is between growth rates of 6 percent in the Manufacturing Belt, 35 percent in its bordering Transition Zone, and 58 percent in the combined South and West.     

世纪之交中国文化和自然遗产保护与利用的关系

世界遗产具有很高的自然科学和历史文化价值。由于自然力对世界遗产的长期破坏和20世纪的工业化进程的影响,一项旨在保护全人类共同文化和自然遗产的《世界遗产公约》应运而生。世纪之交,中国的世界遗产和国家级遗产(国家级风景名胜区)也正面临着无节制的旅游开发行为的巨大威胁。本文以泰山索道工程为例,提出运用最低安全标准(SMS)界定遗产地保护与利用两者之间的度。文章指出,遗产价值的挖掘将随着社会的发展逐渐被深入下去,功能分区是处理当前遗产地保护与利用关系的可行手段。